When comparing Elive vs KDE Neon, the Slant community recommends KDE Neon for most people. In the question“What are the best Linux distributions for desktops?” KDE Neon is ranked 36th while Elive is ranked 88th. The most important reason people chose KDE Neon is:
Since it's built on the strong Ubuntu base, KDE Neon works seamlessly with a huge variety of hardware.
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Pros
Pro Awesome project
Pro Works out of the box
Since it's built on the strong Ubuntu base, KDE Neon works seamlessly with a huge variety of hardware.
Pro Configurability
KDE Neon uses KDE as its desktop environment, which is highly configurable, but also has great defaults.
Pro The best looking Linux OS
It really is a great and stunning looking OS.
Pro Works well on low-end computers
Cons
Con Outdated software
Con Force of donation
They force you to donate for the download before you can even test it.
Con No AMD64 support
Con Steep learning curve for beginners
It's a really sparse, bare-bones system, no automatic driver install for example. It can be quite hard for someone not used to Linux.